“The cloth around Jesus' head was rolled up”
The cloth that had been around Jesus' head was rolled up, lying separate from the linen cloths. (John 20:6–8 BSB)
What it sounds like today
A popular sermon claims a folded napkin was a Jewish table signal meaning 'the master is coming back.' It is a lovely story with no ancient evidence; it appears to be a modern invention, and this site flags it as such.
The cultural key
What the detail actually does: grave robbers do not unwrap a corpse, and they certainly do not fold the laundry. The scene testifies to unhurried order, not theft, and to a body that is simply no longer where the wrappings are; the beloved disciple 'saw and believed' on exactly this evidence. The quiet contrast is with Lazarus one week earlier, who came out still bound in his wrappings and needed unbinding (11:44): raised, but back into a life that would need graveclothes again.
Recovered meaning
Lazarus borrowed his way out of death; Jesus walked out and left the equipment behind, tidily, like a man leaving a bed he will not need again. The folded cloth preaches without the legend's help.